I get really fed up with people slagging of Microsoft. If it wasn't for Bill Gates and M/soft, most of us wouldn't be on-line now. I have had this PC for nearly a year and I have found Windows easy to use and M/soft's website is very user-friendly. I haven't had any problems with IE and will continue to use it unless/until I do. I download their security patches as soon as they are available and keep all my other security up to date. The only reason M/soft are a target for hackers etc. is that they have about 94% of computer users using a Windows OS. If Mac or Linux had this many people using their systems instead, they would be the target for virus writers instead. Anyway, if everyone kept their patches & security up to date, these idiots wouldn't have much success, would they? Madeline. (now off hobby horse) Don't let other people screw things up for you; do it yourself!